Gunmen were reported to have killed an Executive Director of a non-governmental organisation known as Concerned Youth Development Initiative, Chris Terfa-Ikpu. Terfa-Ikpu was said to have been murdered by gunmen who traced him to his office located around the Logo area, Makurdi, Benue State capital, on Friday. The murdered humanitarian worker was said to have been out of town for a while but returned during the week and decided to go to his office on...
The Nigerian Army 6 Division said its troops uncovered massive dumps where illegally refined products worth over 200,000 litres across various locations were stored in Bayelsa and Rivers States. This came 24 hours after the Army destroyed several illegal oil refining sites and recovered products in Members, Bayelsa State and Odagwa in Etche local government area of the Rivers State. On the latest discovery, the Army said it was made at Dasaba Creek in Bayelsa...
Armed policemen and soldiers on Saturday mounted roadblocks within and outside Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) subjecting residents and passersby to untold harassment and humiliation. Nigerians had vowed to stage a one-million man protest Saturday to mark the end of #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests scheduled between August 1st-10th. The protests have been sustained despite the clampdown and killings of harmless protesters by the security agents in many part of the country under the watch of President...
The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested two citizens of the Benin Republic over alleged car theft. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday. Hundeyin said that the suspects, Kosoko Rafiu and Nunayo Sunayo, were arrested in an attempt to escape with the vehicle along Mile 2/Badagry Expressway on Tuesday. He said that the suspects, after hijacking the vehicle, were on top speed to...
A commercial tricycle operator, otherwise known as ‘Keke’ rider, whose identity is yet to be known, on Thursday slumped and died in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State. PUNCH Online gathered that the incident occurred at a location by Okorodudu Junction near the popular Old Airport Junction in Uvwie. Eyewitnesses said that the tricylist slumped a few seconds after hurriedly parking his tricycle and heading to a local roadside food vendor in the...
No fewer than five persons were confirmed dead when a canoe conveying 20 passengers to cross over the Gamoda River at the Nahuce village in Taura Local Government Area of Jigawa State capsised. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the incident in a statement on Thursday. “Today, Thursday, August 8, 2024, at about 1200hrs, information from a reliable source revealed that five persons died when the canoe carrying 20 passengers to...
Crisis is brewing between the leadership of Ugwuagba Obosi Electrical Market in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State and some traders following a two-week notice issued by the market chairman to demolish a collapsing three-storey security tower. Concerns have been raised in the market over the dangers posed by the tower which prompted the petitioning of the Anambra State Urban Development Board, by one of the traders, Chekwube Nwankwo, (a.k.a. Okolobia Jesus). Irked...
An Ondo State Chief Magistrates Court sitting in Igbokoda has sentenced the Baale of Ebute Ipare Community in Ilaje Local Government Area of the state, Francis Ogundeji, to three years imprisonment for disobedience to court order . The judgement was delivered on Monday by Senior Magistrate E.A. Manuwa but a copy of the judgement was made available to PUNCH Metro on Thursday. According to the judgement, Ogundeji and one Ikuejamoye Thomas were charged to court...
The Ogun State Police Command announced that it had seized approximately eight motorcycles during raids on criminal hideouts in various communities within Abeokuta, the state capital. Our correspondent learnt that the division’s operatives, in collaboration with members of other security agencies, carried out the raids on Monday around 9 p.m., shortly after the incident. It was gathered on Thursday that Olomore, Soyoye, Ibara Orile Junction, Abule Otun, Oke-Ata, Mango area, Ita Oshin Roundabout, Lafenwa market...
Bandits have killed a woman identified as Mrs Shoni Michael in Plateau State. Residents said her daughter, who was with her, escaped when she was also shot by the terrorists before they fled into the bush. It was learnt that the victims were cooking food in their house in the Mangu community when the gunmen attacked them, killing the woman on the spot while her daughter sustained injuries. The incident, PUNCH Metro further gathered, happened...
